I am fairly sure I do have a stress fracture. I have now not run on it for 11 days, as the only prescription for it healing is rest. Generally speaking it takes 6-8 weeks to heal, which is time I obviously don't have. But the spirit of the Running Men is to do the best with what you have, which is what I will do. I will have to be a cross training fool. The elliptical machine, stair master, stationary bike and perhaps some swimming and deep water running will have to serve as my training mechanism for now. I will train not with miles, but with time. I will do "long runs" using these other mechanisms and see what happens...it's all I can do right now.
I will give the leg at least another week and then try a light run perhaps to see where it is. I am bummin' about this. For the record these usually come from too much too soon, which is certainly possible as I had a big week the week of May 14. Running on the asphalt of NYC also probably contributes. Be careful dudes! Richards, keep up on the trail running.....
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